Fairly new to wine

[Madanie7]

Thanks for the replies. Its a good option to have. How were the bottles after the flood Rens?

The better bottles I have are in the fridge. Only have 20 odd in the cupboard that are my drink nows.
Based on the information you have all provided above I won't be buying cases of X rated 97 by Halliday so the collection of decent ones wont grow as quick.

[rens]

Thanks for the replies. Its a good option to have. How were the bottles after the flood Rens?

The better bottles I have are in the fridge. Only have 20 odd in the cupboard that are my drink nows.
Based on the information you have all provided above I won't be buying cases of X rated 97 by Halliday so the collection of decent ones wont grow as quick.

They were fine, a little damp, labels slightly damaged on a few, but no difference in taste.

[Cactus]

I started my cellar maybe 3 years ago. Now have 1800 bottles and trying to shift to maintaining that level rather than expanding. That mindset shift is a tough one.

I have made some mistakes. I reviewed today and found i have 80 wines that i am not excited about owning. They are plain, or looked a bargain and I just bought too many. I would say only buy wines that excite you or you find interesting. Dont settle for plain.

Variety is important. I realised a year in i had no Pinot and almost no Riesling but too much Shiraz. I went to some Pinot events to rectify.

I had thought auctions would be a good way to bridge my collection from 3 to 10 years. The experience is a bit mixed. Damn i hate people selling poorly stored wine and i also dont like cork.

[Madanie7]

Thanks for the insight Cactus. I am doing up a sketch with a builder friend to build a little in wall, passive cellar. It will hold about 220 bottles plus I have my fridge. This will limit me expanding too far. As I said above, I am glad I wrote my original question early as the help here and the redirection of focus was huge. I also don't have the space to build any bigger anyway.

Reason I am building it is I had a rack (that I will re-use) in a cupboard that went from 18-23 on day we had 33 deg the other day.
Trying to get some stability.
Going to vapour barrier it and insulate well but if anyone has any tips on building one I am all ears.
Tried to do as much research as possible on here and the net.
Cheers

[Ian S]

Hi Madanie
There is a wonderful little book produced many years ago by Tyson Stelzer called 'Cellaring wine'. Lots of great tips especially for those with a DIY talent. AUD10 on release (I have my Eltham bookshop sticker confirming the price!), should be able to find one on abebooks or similar 2nd hand bookshop aggregators.
Regards
Ian

[Madanie7]

Hi Madanie
There is a wonderful little book produced many years ago by Tyson Stelzer called 'Cellaring wine'. Lots of great tips especially for those with a DIY talent. AUD10 on release (I have my Eltham bookshop sticker confirming the price!), should be able to find one on abebooks or similar 2nd hand bookshop aggregators.
Regards
Ian

Thanks Ian. I will have a look
Cheers
Brendan